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Repairing an External Hard Drive (MBR)
#1
13 Nov 2012 @ 14:52
MickGrif
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Hello,
I am trying to repair a hard drive for a friend, and I am having some major problems with it. First of all it is a 3.5 SATA and I have it connected via USB to my work laptop. Now the drive is pretty corrupted, it does not show in My Computer and trying to see it in Disk Manager results in the Cyclic redundancy check error. So I ran HDD regenerator on it and it turns out it has a corrupted MBR, my question is, is there any way to bring this drive back? There are NO important files on the drive so a clean format is an option but I am finding it hard to get it into a position for this. Anyone have any solutions as to how to maybe get the hard drive back ?
Thanks
I am trying to repair a hard drive for a friend, and I am having some major problems with it. First of all it is a 3.5 SATA and I have it connected via USB to my work laptop. Now the drive is pretty corrupted, it does not show in My Computer and trying to see it in Disk Manager results in the Cyclic redundancy check error. So I ran HDD regenerator on it and it turns out it has a corrupted MBR, my question is, is there any way to bring this drive back? There are NO important files on the drive so a clean format is an option but I am finding it hard to get it into a position for this. Anyone have any solutions as to how to maybe get the hard drive back ?
Thanks
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#2
13 Nov 2012 @ 17:10
A mbr is nothing more than data written to the beginning of a hdd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
By rights a check disk scan will fix it however read on
Start with the manufacturers check disk utility to determine if physical sectors are damaged on the hdd not doing so will mean any revival attempts will be a waste of time if the platters themselves are stuffed
You would be better off placing the hdd in a computer as one poster has stated
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25900...ernal-hard-disk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
By rights a check disk scan will fix it however read on
Start with the manufacturers check disk utility to determine if physical sectors are damaged on the hdd not doing so will mean any revival attempts will be a waste of time if the platters themselves are stuffed
You would be better off placing the hdd in a computer as one poster has stated
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25900...ernal-hard-disk
#4
15 Nov 2012 @ 14:28
Originally posted by scorpNZ:I'll check out SeaTools, does that have a repair ability in the software?
A mbr is nothing more than data written to the beginning of a hdd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
By rights a check disk scan will fix it however read on
Start with the manufacturers check disk utility to determine if physical sectors are damaged on the hdd not doing so will mean any revival attempts will be a waste of time if the platters themselves are stuffed
You would be better off placing the hdd in a computer as one poster has stated
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25900...ernal-hard-disk
Originally posted by ddp:
who makes the hard drive?
The Harddrive is a SeaGate pipeline
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 15 Nov 2012 @ 14:30
#7
17 Nov 2012 @ 16:36
Originally posted by scorpNZ:
Do both tests short & long
Ok so I tried running the long test again and turns out I have a bad LBA? I'm going to assume that is pretty bad yes?
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 17 Nov 2012 @ 16:58
#8
17 Nov 2012 @ 18:56
The long test did you tick repair & did test fail if so check on manufacturers website if your hdd is under warranty & start an RMA,Model & serial number will be required
if you re-open seatools & locate help in tool bar it will show the log its the txt file with letters & numbers
if you re-open seatools & locate help in tool bar it will show the log its the txt file with letters & numbers
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 17 Nov 2012 @ 18:57
#9
18 Nov 2012 @ 10:04
Originally posted by scorpNZ:Yes I did click repair, the test failed almost instantly, I also checked out to see if it is still in warranty and no such luck. Is there no possible way to fix the LBA myself? Like I said loss of data is not a problem
The long test did you tick repair & did test fail if so check on manufacturers website if your hdd is under warranty & start an RMA,Model & serial number will be required
if you re-open seatools & locate help in tool bar it will show the log its the txt file with letters & numbers
#10
18 Nov 2012 @ 11:49
No it's not an electrical issue it's hardware a bad lba is the discs themselves only one solution hdd needs replacing
#11
21 Nov 2012 @ 3:58
Originally posted by scorpNZ:Dang, guess I have a fancy paperweight so
No it's not an electrical issue it's hardware a bad lba is the discs themselves only one solution hdd needs replacing
#12
21 Nov 2012 @ 4:10
You could open it up & place it in a clear case & have it on show,take the magnets out tho as they're freak'n strong & real handy,look at this way you put one on a fridge you'll need a prybar to get it off,no! i'm not exagerating
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